August 10, 2005

Sentencing around the blogosphere

Grits for Breakfast has this post which provides a fascinating account and fantastic analysis of a county DA's decision to enter into a plea agreement reducing capital murder charges in a high-profile local case based in part on the DA's "own religious views about redemption and the value of life."

TalkLeft here and the White Collar Crime Prof Blog here are discussing the latest sentencing of a WorldCom defendant.

Criminal Appeal has this post noting a state bill "which would create a moratorium on executions in California until the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice reveals its findings on wrongful convictions and other problems in California's criminal justice system."

The Legal Theory Blog here notes a new article by Professor Kathleen Brickey, with the lovely title Mostly Martha, which includes a section exploring whether Martha Stewart's sentence was appropriate.